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Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe pulled out of the Sri Sri event due to security and protocol issues. (Photo: AP)World
Zimbabwe President Mugabe's wife says he could run in election 'as a...

Mugabe's wife has accused some ruling ZANU-PF party officials of plotting to take over from him.

17 Feb 2017 8:14 PM IST

It was the fiercest attack in months by Boko Haram on the city that is the birthplace of the Islamic insurgency. (Photo: Representational Image)World
11 dead as Nigerian troops repel Boko Haram suicide bombers

Police say three female suicide bombers detonated vehicles parked at a truck station around midnight.

17 Feb 2017 2:44 PM IST

A blend of veteran and young footballers will be the prime attraction of the match. Representational imageWorld
Angola probes football stampede that killed 17

Police said hundreds of fans had tried to enter the already packed stadium to see the match, causing a crush that...

11 Feb 2017 6:50 PM IST

The report said that ISIS is struggling financially in Afghanistan, where it has resorted to extortion of the local population and has had to stop paying its fighters at times. (Photo: Representational Image)World
Egypt: ISIS executes 5 men accused of aiding army

The militant group has published a series of photographs on messaging app Telegram on Friday.

11 Feb 2017 3:32 PM IST

After years of devastating battles and a recent surge in attacks, the fear in Nigeria is that Boko Haram will simply decamp from the Sambisa forest enclave to other areas nearby. (Photo: Representational Image/AP)World
Nigeria: Boko Haram kills 7 new army recruits, abducts female soldier

Nigeria's military last year drove Boko Haram out of towns and forest strongholds, but isolated attacks and suicide...

10 Feb 2017 6:06 PM IST

Nigeria remains a food-deficit country with cereal imports, mainly rice and wheat, forecast to exceed 7 million tons this year. (Photo: Representational Image/AP)World
120,000 Nigerians likely face Boko Haram-created famine: UN

UN agencies have reported that children already are dying in the region and some half a million face death if they don't...

8 Feb 2017 5:14 PM IST

The practice of triple talaq (immediate divorce) is at present the subject of a Supreme Court case. (Representational image/File Photo)World
Verbal divorce undisputed' practice: Egypt's top Islamic body

It also said a deterrent punishment should be legislated for men who did not or delayed in documenting the verbal...

6 Feb 2017 7:50 PM IST

The International Justice Mission (IJM), an anti-slavery organization, this week launched a campaign to tackle the \horrific crime\ of cybersex trafficking that involves the sexual abuse of children in front of a live webcam. (Representational Image)World
Unable to read, 10-year-old Nairobi girl beaten to death by teacher

Reports stated that the teacher had also encouraged the victim's classmates to beat her up.

1 Feb 2017 2:29 PM IST

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